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Top Tips for Getting Around Tokyo | Japan
Getting around Tokyo is a lot easier than expected. When 3 friends and I headed to Japan in 2015, one of the things we were worried about was getting around Tokyo. How does one navigate a foreign city when no one speaks the language and the language is written in a different alphabet than what you’re used to? Apparently very…
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City Guide | Your Guide to Seoul, South Korea
This guest post about Seoul South Korea was written by Alex, a remote content creator, social media manager, and lover of travel. The home of kimchi and K-pop Moving to Korea In 2015, I graduated from University and found myself on a plane travelling to this foreign-to-me place called Seoul, South Korea. As a solo female traveller, you might think…
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Macau | Day trip across on the ferry
Macau is one of the coolest places I have ever been. On my recent trip to Mongolia, we stopped off in Hong Kong on the way back home to New Zealand for a few days. One of the days we spent across in Macau, which is officially called Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (but who are…
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Hong Kong | 2 Full Days in Hong Kong
After 10 days in Mongolia, we set off for Hong Kong. To get to Ulaanbaatar from New Zealand, you can fly Auckland to Beijing, Seoul or Hong Kong. We opted for Hong Kong this trip, mainly so we could visit friends and have a bit of a catch up. Our flight was at some horrific hour in the morning (I…
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Mongolia | A trip to the Terelj National Park
The Terelj National Park in Mongolia is perfect for getting away from the busy city. When we arrived in Ulaanbaatar, the first thing that really impacted me was the pollution. Because the city is built in a valley, surrounded by mountains, the pollution can get really bad. Even though we arrived in springtime (the worst time is winter) there was…
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Mongolia | Camels and Vultures
Mongolia is the land of camels and vultures. Of course it’s a lot more than that, but when you come from a country with neither of those creatures, then they really stand out. During our time in Mongolia, we spent about 4 days in the capital of Ulaanbaatar, and then the rest of the time we were out in the…
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Mongolia | The capital city of Ulaanbaatar
It’s not often you meet someone who’s been to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. But here you are, talking to one. *waves* If you’ve been around the blog for a little while, then you may be aware that I used to live in Ulaanbaatar as a kid. Just a couple of years, mind, but enough for it to be a part of my…
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The Ultimate List of Tips for Travelling to Mongolia
Travelling to Mongolia? So am I! You may know that I spent some time in Mongolia as a child. Now, 20 years on, I’ve headed back to the land I only semi-remember. It’s not a place that many people visit – I’ve only met a handful of people in my life who have actually been there – but it’s pretty…
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Tokyo Trip :: Disneyland Haul
Hopefully you’ve already seen my Disneyland post. We spent the Friday of our trip there, and it was amazing. I loved every second of it. While we were there, we spent a an hour so squeezing through the crowds in all the shops – literally all the shops – and I spent quite a bit of money. Having said that,…
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Tokyo Trip :: Disneyland
Hopefully you’ve seen my other two posts on our trip to Tokyo, but if not you can check out part 1 here (which includes Mt Fuji!), and part two here. Disneyland deserved it’s own post (duh, am I right?!), and I’ve been really looking forward to sharing this with you guys. We spent one day at Disneyland, which was not…
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Tokyo Trip :: Out and About in the City
The other day I shared about our day trip to Mt Fuji and Hakone. Today I thought I’d share with you what we got up to on the other days that we were in Tokyo, mostly being out and about in the city. Disneyland happened nearer the end of the week, but that will be it’s own. Here we…
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Mt Fuji and Hakone Day Tour | Japan
Did you know you can take a Mt Fuji and Hakone Day Tour from Tokyo? On our trip to Tokyo, one of the things we wanted to get out of the city and check out a bit of the countryside. We discovered that you could take a Mt Fuji and Hakone Day Tour, all in one, and it was wonderful.…
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The Ultimate List of Tips for Travelling to Tokyo
Thinking about travelling to Tokyo? Tokyo is the largest city in Japan, so when you’re heading there for a holiday, it pays to pick up a few tips before you go. There is plenty of there for to help you, and, as my friends and I discovered, the city is incredibly easy to get around. In this ultimate list of…
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12 Things We’re Looking Forward to in Tokyo
If you missed my last Japan post, you can read it here. Long story short, 3 friends and I are off to Tokyo for a week in October and we couldn’t be more excited. In impatient anticipation of this exciting adventure we’re going to have, we thought we’d gather together 12 things that we’re looking forward to in Tokyo. Note…
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We’re off to Japan!
The flights are bought. The hotel is booked. The insurance dealt to. Let the adventure begin. That’s right, my friends, I’m off to Japan! This is so super exciting! I haven’t been out of the country since we got back from England, nearly two years ago. For those of you living in England, this is probably shocking … but here…
